France's Hollande congratulates Syriza on election win

PARIS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande
congratulated Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras for his Syriza
party's election victory on Sunday and pledged to work together
to support growth and stability in the euro zone.

In a statement issued by the French presidency, Hollande
expressed his "desire to pursue the close cooperation between
our two countries in service of growth and the stability of the
euro zone, in a spirit of progress, solidarity and
responsibility that is at the heart of the European values we
share."

Tsipras said earlier that five years of austerity,
"humiliation and suffering" imposed by international creditors
were over after his Syriza party swept to victory in a snap
election on Sunday.
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Eric Walsh)